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Pattie Boyd

Model, Photographer and Author Pattie Boyd

Full Name: Patricia Anne Boyd
Profession: Model, Photographer and Author

Nationality:
England
English

Biography: Pattie Boyd was a successful English model when she married Beatles member George Harrison in 1966.

She later divorced the musician to marry his friend and fellow musician Eric Clapton in 1979. Boyd was a muse to both men and inspired a number of well known songs including Harrison's "Something" and Clapton's "Layla" and "Wonderful Tonight".

Boyd divorced Clapton in 1989 and later remarried. In 2007 she published her well received autobiography "Wonderful Today".

Born: March 17, 1944
Birthplace: Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Age: 80 years old

Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Monkey
Star Sign: Pisces

Married Life

  • 1966-01-21 Quiet Beatle George Harrison (22) weds British model Pattie Boyd (21) at the registry office in Epsom, Surrey, England, Paul serves as best man; divorce in 1977
  • 1977-06-06 Former Beatle George Harrison (33) and British model Pattie Boyd (32) divorce after 11 years of marriage
  • 1979-03-27 British guitarist Eric Clapton (34) weds British model, muse, and George Harrison's ex-wife Pattie Boyd (35), in Tucson, Arizona; divorce in 1989

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